“You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.”

“Imagine a world that seemed so much bigger than you. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know existed.”

“Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know existed.”

“In the space between yes and no, there's a lifetime. It's the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it's the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; its the legroom for the lies you'll tell yourself in the future.”

“But Marice, he rode off to save you, and wound up leaving you behind forever. Is it really worth dying for the person you love?"She thinks about it for a moment. "That's not the real question, Oliver. What you should be asking is, can you live without her?”

“Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to love someone, how would you know what hate is? One can't exist without the other.”

“She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like any unwilling animal that was well and truly caught, she could escape only by leaving a piece of herself behind.”